diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/XccGlobalDatabase.cs b/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/XccGlobalDatabase.cs
index abec7e0ceb..1b29c4678d 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/XccGlobalDatabase.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/FileFormats/XccGlobalDatabase.cs
@@ -20,22 +20,21 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 		public XccGlobalDatabase(Stream s)
 		{
 			var entries = new List<string>();
-			var reader = new BinaryReader(s);
-			while (reader.PeekChar() > -1)
+			while (s.Peek() > -1)
 			{
-				var count = reader.ReadInt32();
+				var count = s.ReadInt32();
 				for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
 				{
 					var chars = new List<char>();
-					char c;
+					byte c;
 
 					// Read filename
-					while ((c = reader.ReadChar()) != 0)
-						chars.Add(c);
+					while ((c = s.ReadUInt8()) != 0)
+						chars.Add((char)c);
 					entries.Add(new string(chars.ToArray()));
 
 					// Skip comment
-					while ((c = reader.ReadChar()) != 0) { }
+					while ((c = s.ReadUInt8()) != 0) { }
 				}
 			}